Jan McNulty

Oh - how bizarre Jacqueline. Yes, you are still at 199 despite this latest post.

Thanks Naomi for this link: http://www.france24.com/en/20160203-millepied-quit-paris-ballet-reports I assume we will know soon...

Hello Mamabear_7 and welcome to the Forum! I have no experience myself but I am sure other members will chip in. Do let us know how your DD gets on.

I think they left at the time of the appointment! Obviously I have no idea whom the may be looking for but a couple of alumni have been gaining experience as directors elsewhere...

Seriously cheesed off of Liverpool!!! Due to other longstanding commitments I won't get to see Celine and Tyrone!! Goes into major sulk!!!

If it's confirmed that will really put the cat among the POB's pigeons! His appointment seemed to have alienated several other POB through-and-throughers who were also in the running...

Capybara that is the obvious place to post and discuss! I'm thrilled with both Thursdays...

I hope there may be some additional casts on tour. And yes I'm absolutely thrilled about the Thursday evening cast in Birmingham!

Well I'm thrilled to bits with Thursday evening!

Well, I'm there for both performances on Thursday and am happy with the casting! James Barton is my all time favourite Puck.

Hopefully the rest will go up shortly...

Akram Khan Company Kaash Sadler’s Wells EC1R 4TN Thursday 3 - Saturday 5 March Performances at 7.30pm Tickets: £12 - £32 Ticket Office: 020 8763 8000 or www.sadlerswells.com “Epic, deeply focused and grandly beautiful” – The Daily Telegraph Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Akram Khan presents the long-awaited re-visit to his company’s first full-length work Kaash at Sadler’s Wells on Thursday 3 - Saturday 5 March, a piece created in collaboration with visual artist Anish Kapoor and composer Nitin Sawhney. Never before performed at Sadler’s Wells, Kaash was created by Khan, Kapoor and Sawhney in 2002. This revival of the work sees Akram Khan Company return to its roots, and is performed by the company’s acclaimed cast of dancers shedding new light and energy on the piece. Hindu Gods, black holes, Indian time cycles, tablas, creation and destruction are the starting points for the work. The title is taken from a Hindi word meaning ‘if only’, and denotes Khan’s quest to build bridges between the worlds of contemporary dance and the Indian classical dance form kathak. Akram Khan is one of the most celebrated and respected dance artists working today. In just over fifteen years he has created a body of work that has contributed significantly to the arts in the UK and abroad. Khan became a Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist in 2005. Akram Khan Company’s newest work Until The Lions, a Sadler’s Wells co-production, opened at The Roundhouse this year (Saturday 9 - Sunday 24 January). Khan’s new choreography of Giselle will be performed by Sadler’s Wells Associate Company English National Ballet at various venues in the autumn, including Sadler’s Wells (Tuesday 15 - Saturday 19 Nov 2016). NOTES TO EDITORS Akram Khan Akram Khan is one of the most celebrated and respected dance artists today. In just over fifteen years he has created a body of work that has contributed significantly to the arts in the UK and abroad. His reputation has been built on the success of imaginative, highly accessible and relevant productions such as DESH, iTMOi, Vertical Road, Gnosis and zero degrees. An instinctive and natural collaborator, Khan has been a magnet to world-class artists from other cultures and disciplines. His previous collaborators include the National Ballet of China, actress Juliette Binoche, ballerina Sylvie Guillem, choreographers/dancers Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Israel Galván, singer Kylie Minogue, visual artists Anish Kapoor, Antony Gormley and Tim Yip, writer Hanif Kureishi and composers Steve Reich, Nitin Sawhney, Jocelyn Pook and Ben Frost. Khan’s work is recognised as being profoundly moving, in which his intelligently crafted storytelling is effortlessly intimate and epic. Described by the Financial Times as an artist “who speaks tremendously of tremendous things”, a recent highlight of his career was the creation of a section of the London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony that was received with unanimous acclaim. Khan has been the recipient of numerous awards throughout his career including the Laurence Olivier Award, the Bessie Award (New York Dance and Performance Award), the prestigious ISPA (International Society for the Performing Arts) Distinguished Artist Award, the Fred and Adele Astaire Award, the Herald Archangel Award at the Edinburgh International Festival, the South Bank Sky Arts Award and six Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards. Khan was awarded an MBE for services to dance in 2005. He is also an Honorary Graduate of Roehampton and De Montfort Universities, as well as University of London, and an Honorary Fellow of Trinity Laban. Khan is an Associate Artist of Sadler’s Wells, London and Curve Leicester. Sadler’s Wells Sadler's Wells is a world-leading dance house, committed to producing, commissioning and presenting new works and to bringing the very best international and UK dance to London and worldwide audiences. Under the Artistic Directorship of Alistair Spalding, the theatre’s acclaimed year-round programme spans dance of every kind, from contemporary to flamenco, Bollywood to ballet, salsa to street dance and tango to tap. Since 2005 it has helped to bring over 90 new dance works to the stage and its award-winning commissions and collaborative productions regularly tour internationally. Sadler’s Wells supports 16 Associate Artists, three Resident Companies and an Associate Company and nurtures the next generation of talent through hosting the National Youth Dance Company, its Summer University programme, Wild Card initiative and its New Wave Associates. Located in Islington, north London, the current theatre is the sixth to have stood on the site since it was first built by Richard Sadler in 1683. The venue has played an illustrious role in the history of theatre ever since, with The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet and English National Opera all having started at Sadler’s Wells. Sadler’s Wells is an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation and currently receives approximately 10% of its revenue from Arts Council England.

As, of course, do BRB and NB and Scottish is venturing south of the border again too!

That's awful Jacqueline.

Hello pas_de_chat, I sent you a message on Sunday. Could you please confirm that you have received it? Thanks, Janet

As it happens, I was able to speak to a human being at Amazon (after tweeting for help) and they could not have been more helpful. I am getting a full refund. Martin Lewis has often mentioned about buying through third party sellers and I am sure that such purchases are not covered by the guarantee. However I would have been trying that next. Actually I was very impressed with Amazon's response.

There was a thread on this a couple of years ago. Don't know if the information is current enough to help: http://www.balletcoforum.com/index.php?/topic/2356-paris-opera-ballet-school-summer-intensive/?hl=%2Bparis+%2Bopera+%2Bballet+%2Bsummer+%2Bintensive

Professional dancer Andrei Iliescu joins The Chelmsford Ballet Company’s Sleeping Beauty The Chelmsford Ballet Company’s upcoming production of The Sleeping Beauty at the Civic Theatre, Chelmsford, will see professional dancer Andrei Iliescu join the much-loved company as Prince Florimund. Iliescu was born in Romania, where he began dancing at the National College of Arts. He competed in the prestigious Prix de Lausanne competition in Switzerland and was consequently awarded a full scholarship to attend Central School of Ballet in London. During his training Iliescu worked with renowned choreographers such as Christopher Marney of Sir Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures, Sharon Watson of Phoenix Dance Theatre and Christopher Hampson of Scottish Ballet; Chelmsford audiences will have seen Iliescu perform in Ballet Central’s 2015 graduation tour. Adding further grandeur and talent to the company, Iliescu recently made his West End debut in celebrated choreographer Marney’s critically acclaimed production of McQueen The Play. Marney is one of the company’s patrons, alongside The Marchioness of Londonderry (Doreen Wells of the Royal Ballet). As a fantastic introduction to ballet, the Company’s 2016 production of The Sleeping Beauty in particular is ideal for those new to the art form, however familiar with the classic fairytale The Sleeping Beauty. This production will delight audiences of all ages, with familiar music framing the family favourite. The programme runs from 16–19 March at the Civic Theatre in Chelmsford. For tickets contact the box office on 01245 606505 or visit www.chelmsford.gov.uk/sleeping-beauty www.thechelmsfordballetcompany.co.uk --Ends— About The Chelmsford Ballet Company In 1947, Joan Weston created the Broomfield YMCA Ballet Company in order to give the more senior students at her existing dance school the opportunity to learn and perform to the public. It was after their 1949 performance of ‘Coppélia’ at the Shire Hall that the then Mayor of Chelmsford suggested the name ‘The Chelmsford Ballet Company’, and with a small committee the Company was born. Since 1949, the Ballet Company has staged a full-scale production every year. Initially a part of the Arts Festival, and then the Cathedral Fringe Festival, they occur today as an annual event in their own right. Today the Company is led by Artistic Director Annette Potter, who is a former dancing member. Annette danced many leading roles with the company before moving on to teaching and choreography. The Ballet Company is a way for skilled dancers from across the area to perform together and to showcase their considerable talents to appreciative and receptive audiences. Theatre-goers are constantly ‘thrilled’ with the productions, which always maintain the high standards set by Joan Weston. It has become a well-loved cornerstone of Chelmsford’s cultural calendar. The Chelmsford Ballet Company is “an amateur Company which sets professional standards for all its work, involving professionals in its productions, courses and other teaching and workshop opportunities”. The standards are such that both junior (aged 10 and Standard/Grade 2 or above) and senior (over 14) dancers must audition to become members and again each year to perform in any production. These high standards are maintained through the monthly Company classes, where the dancers are able to meet and take a class with experienced and distinguished teachers. In the 1960's a Scholarship Fund was created to help young dancers moving to professional training.

Hello dsallaboutballet and welcome to the Forum! It would help if you could let us know a bit more about what you are seeking for your son, as highlighted by Jane in the previous post. The Royal Ballet School is mentioned in many threads so it could well be worth your while using our search facility too. Good luck to your son and do let us know how he gets on.

Yes, this abomination has been widely reported: http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/feb/01/driver-runs-down-and-kills-17-kangaroos-outside-brisbane

I know a young lady who had a severe turn in her eye. She had an operation when she was 7 but it did not really correct it. Of course, we never noticed it and had never realised how badly it had affected her. In the end she went to the doctor as a young adult and the doctor agreed that it was affecting her mental health and she was referred for treatment on the national health. What followed is a long and boring story but eventually she had the operation and her outlook on life and confidence changed dramatically, virtually overnight. I agree with everyone else that he may be suffering from depression, exacerbated by the tooth situation.

They usually seem to announce 2 weeks beforehand these days - therefore any time from tomorrow!

Great post Floss!

I've just come across this fun quiz on the BRB website: https://www.brb.org.uk/post/quiz-ashton-2016 I got Donkey! (I guess that means Bottom)

Unbelievable news.